The Grapefruit drinking knicker checking ttc brigade

Great news on the scan Heeby .

All those due to ov this weekend - good luck for a busy time . I'm visiting relatives, so will have either be very quiet or jump hubby before we go. We won't be back until the middle of next week and I think that will be too late .

Good luck with the test C1NDY.

Hello all! What a lot of posts there's been over the last couple of days. Sorry if I don't mention or say hello to each and everyone of you...

Cindy / Pinkie / Smiley and any others I've missed - sorry about AF.

And yes - brilliant news about scan heeby

Just done a quick count and I'm on CD5 today. I'm feeling so much more positive than a few days ago. Days 1 and 2 of AF are such a b*tch. I'm going to relax a bit more this cycle but still BD as next week and I may do some ovulation tests so as to try and work out for sure how my cycle works. So unless I decide to jack the whole thing in this month and go on an Xmas drinking binge, I'll be joining many of you in the 2WW in the run up to Christmas...!

Updated myself on list:

Mylittlebubble AF due 10th - 15th Nov
Whitebeaches AF due 17th - 21st
JClaire AF due 28th Nov
Sans04 AF due 28th Nov
spats due 7th-? nov
Bigbaubleeyes AF due 2nd Dec
Pinkie08 due 5th dec
iggypiggy - AF due 5th Dec
Sn0wflake AF due 9th Dec DP
Wasabi AF 16th dec
Wanabemum AF due 18th/19th Dec DP
VillageMum AF due 23 December DP
Funtimewincies AF due 23rd December
Lovelymonster Af due 23rd December
Elliegant AF due 24th Dec DP
Pezzina AF due 25th December DP
Yellowflowers AF 25th December DP
Queenie - AF due 28th / 29th Dec
Smileycat AF due 28th-31st Dec DP
C1ndy AF due 31st Dec
Pinkie08 due 1st Jan clomid and DP

Ilovebeingamum BFP
Heebychick BFP
Becky McG BFP
BoosieBoo BFP

Cindy, I meant to ask you: what is the test you're taking? Is it an ovarian reserve test, and did you buy it from Boots (think you mentioned that you were thinking of doing one a while back)? Might go down that route myself if nothing happens for a few months (since I'm so aged!!) x

dust rather

hi girls!

still no sign of the elusive AF. im on cd40 now.... soooo fed up of waiting.

seems wierd me wishing for af when in a few months i will be wishing it stays away.

i was looking at your list and i wondered if you could translate it and add me on

im ttc#3 still on cycle 1 af was due 25th nov.

how are you all? good luck and loads of baby dist to u all
xxx

Mylittlebubble AF due 10th - 15th Nov
Whitebeaches AF due 17th - 21st
JClaire AF due 28th Nov
Sans04 AF due 28th Nov
spats due 7th-? nov
Bigbaubleeyes AF due 2nd Dec
Queenie1 - AF due 2nd(ish) Dec

All the above have you all tested???

Thanks for that C1ndy it was nice to hear that. I am quietlt hopeful as i always am at the beginning of the month and then i find i get despondent when AF is threatening but i guess we are all the same.

Mylittlebubble AF due 10th - 15th Nov
Whitebeaches AF due 17th - 21st
JClaire AF due 28th Nov
Sans04 AF due 28th Nov
spats due 7th-? nov
Bigbaubleeyes AF due 2nd Dec
Queenie1 - AF due 2nd(ish) Dec
Pinkie08 due 5th dec
iggypiggy - AF due 5th Dec
Sn0wflake AF due 9th Dec DP
Wasabi AF 16th dec
Wanabemum AF due 18th/19th Dec DP
VillageMum AF due 23 December DP
Funtimewincies AF due 23rd December
Lovelymonster Af due 23rd December
Elliegant AF due 24th Dec DP
Pezzina AF due 25th December DP
Yellowflowers AF 25th December DP
Smileycat AF due 28th-31st Dec DP
C1ndy AF due 31st Dec
Pinkie08 due 1st Jan clomid and DP

Ilovebeingamum BFP
Heebychick BFP
Becky McG BFP
BoosieBoo BFP

yellow, my friend was taking the pill during those 5 months (in a very, very scatty sort of way, obviously!) so put her lack of periods down to not being on track with the pill-taking and to stress (she was moving countries at the time)... her dd was fine, BTW, and is now a teenager!

Don't worry, you're much too clued up for it to happen to you!

Forgot to ask - Cindy where did you get the test from?

Mmmmmm they're yummy - thank you Smiley

Cindy Good luck tomorrow - it is very exciting! I hope you have a good outcome. I may even be tempted to do the test you're doing myself. It would be good to know how many eggs I have left and whether I need to 'up my game' or can relax.

I will still be temping and CM watching - its part of my daily routine now so would be hard to give up.

Just made myself feel much better I've made fruit scones & muffins & they are yummy, my boys will be sooooo pleased when they get in, I've just had one & have made enough to pass you all a taste....hope you like them

Pinkie Sorry that AF has arrived! You can join me on my next 2WW. Yes, it is another month over but think positive its going to be a lucky Xmas month? I can feel it, what a wonderful way to end the year. Take time out now, time to have that drink of wine ? perhaps one or two or even more and then reassess the situation. I do not know a lot about Clomid so cannot tell you what other options you can do. But at least your getting something done in terms of speaking to a specialist. (hugs) I know its very hard but if getting a beany was easy it wouldn?t be that precise to us. :0)

Smileycat Thanks for updating my profile. So looking forward to testing on New Year?s Day? goush can you imagine it, it will be perfect? I am definitely on a mission this month!!! Roll on fertile period.

Bubblebell Of course you can join us ?Welcome?

Jools that happened to us last month, both of us had a stinking cold during the most fertile time? I cryed and got really upset that DH couldn?t bd? he actually turned around and was quite upset with me that I hadn?t even cared how he was thinking ? so I had to eat humble pie!! We do get really obsessed with it all, because we want it so bad. My DH can?t see what the rush is, he is five year younger than me?. yes, my toyboy? I just don?t think they understand what we are doing to ensure we get the bfp. My fingers and toes are crossed for you also? loads of babydust going your way ~~~~~~~~~~

Pezzina I like your approach? I will be doing something like that this month as the bding has got really routine ? no OPK?s this month (gulp) are you going to temp and CM watch??? I will let you know about my test, I am taking it tomorrow morning ? really excited ? whatever the outcome at least I will know if there are eggs there or not.

Just a quick reminder to our graduates that there IS an antenatal thread set up by graduates of the first grapefruit drinkers TTC thread. We could do with a bit more life over there (yes, I do still chat on there, despite my situation !!)

I'm not trying to drag anyone away from here - just thought I'd drum up support and offer it up for anyone who might like to discuss early pregnancy niggles and worries without taking over this TTC thread

GFJ drinkers anonymous here

sorry yellow I don't know... at the time I just had incredibly incredulous conversations with my friend (who's sister it was) saying 'but how did she not notice'

Think the DC is 3 now...

Imagine only having 3 months to prepare tho

Hi all,

Fab news on the scan Heeby I?m glad everything is ok.

How?s everyone else doing?

I?m on CD 11 and my DH and I are taking a much more relaxed approached to TTC this month. Last month we BD?d every day leading up to my fertile window and quite frankly it got to be too much of a chore by the end of it. There was a thought in the back of my mind saying ?do you really want to conceive your baby like this?? So, we?ve decided to slow down the Bding ? making each one more enjoyable and fun and less of a ?chore?.

I?ve also decided not to do the OPK?s this month.

Basically ? I?ve told myself I?ve got to relax and not agonise about it so much.

We?ll see how long it lasts hey?!

I'll be interested to hear how your test goes Cindy

Jools - I just hope my message made you feel better

Heeby - Sorry I forgot to say congrats on your scan. It's a lovely feeling to see your little bean wriggling around on screen!

Welcome Bubblebell

Well last night was a bit rubbish. I got all upset because I was ill during my most fertile time and dh was perfectly nice but basically said he couldn't see why I was so obsessed with ttc

I suppose there isn't too much of a rush but I'll be 36 in February. Just feel like time is running away with me. And every month something happens to reduce bding frequancy.

Having said all that we did end up bding last night so all is not entirely lost.

Wasabi - I wanted to say thankyou for your lovely message yesterday

Morning all

Great news on the scan Heeby - I'm only a little

I walked to work in the rain this morning - got there, coat off, unpacked my bag - no laptop - grrr. So, on with the coat and a 25 min walk back home. I've elected to work from home for the rest of day and giving thanks that I wasn't travelling further afield !

Re not noticing pregnancies - my sis fell PG whilst still (just) a teenager and on the pill - didn't really notice anything other than weight gain till she was 5 mths, was then scanned fortnightly to ensure the pill hadn't affected development - her DS will be 14 on Christmas Day

I was thinking this morning - I thought I'd ovulated, but I normally get tender boobs a couple of days post ov, so am guessing I didn't - that begs the question of what on earth my cycle is doing I know it's only been just over 3 weeks, but I'm getting impatient and want to start TTC again !

Updated myself on the list, C1ndy put you down for Dec 31st hope that is right, w'll keep each other company for the New Year testing

Mylittlebubble AF due 10th - 15th Nov
Whitebeaches AF due 17th - 21st
JClaire AF due 28th Nov
Sans04 AF due 28th Nov
spats due 7th-? nov
Bigbaubleeyes AF due 2nd Dec
Queenie1 - AF due 2nd(ish) Dec
Pinkie08 due 5th dec
iggypiggy - AF due 5th Dec
Sn0wflake AF due 9th Dec DP
Wasabi AF 16th dec
Wanabemum AF due 18th/19th Dec DP
VillageMum AF due 23 December DP
Funtimewincies AF due 23rd December
Lovelymonster Af due 23rd December
Elliegant AF due 24th Dec DP
Pezzina AF due 25th December DP
Yellowflowers AF 25th December DP
Smileycat AF due 28th-31st Dec DP
C1ndy AF due 31st Dec

Ilovebeingamum BFP
Heebychick BFP
Becky McG BFP
BoosieBoo BFP

Heeby fantastic news about seeing your little bean on the screen, it must make it seems all the more real for you now
Well started spoting last night & AF arrived during the night sometime so back to CD1 today
I'm going to chill this month & go to all my parties & have a good time without worring about ttcing, then when OPK tells me I'm fertile again DH said w'll bd twice aday to make up for it just to make sure we get it this month. We are skiing over Xmas so really looking forward to being on the slopes & not worring that I would be hurting the little bean if I had a fall & then hopfully have some good news for New Year. I was a Sept baby so hopfully that is a good omen, heres to lots of Virgo babies

Great news Heeby

yellow and Villagemum - I have a similar story - the sister of a friend of mine was 6 months before she discovered she was pregnant! What confuses me is this:

1. she was ttc - so why didn't she check before?
2. Didn't she notice the lack of AF?!

My friend said her sister tends to be a bit dozy... but really! She had put on alot of weight...

Heeby great news!! it must have felt wonderful to see the little bean.

AF arrived yesterday, making my cycle now an average of 29 days, which is very odd for me as I am normally a 28 day cycle. Doing a fertility test tomorrow... you have to do it on day 3 of AF and I will have to wait half an hour for the results. Will let you all know what the outcome is.

Smiley great to have you with me on the 2WW, it will be fun!!!

jools I rushed my last note to you. What I was trying to say... is that I have heard of so many of my friends getting pregnant, I am of course happy for them but am a little jealous its not me (not sure if jealous is the right word!!). But like I say my time will come. I am sure it will come for all of us as long as we stay focussed and positive.

I am going to relax a little this month and am going to start bding a little later in my cycle ... CD10 (rather than CD8)

Speak to you all soon
Was late in to work today so have a lot of catching up to do.

Laters
Cindy